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Ebook Publishing Tips, Tricks, and Traps

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The heart of independent publishing is the ebook. While print on demand paper books are nice to sell, most indie careers are defined by the success of their ebooks. So how do you attain this success?

Our guest today founded Smashwords in 2008 to make it fast, free, and easy for writers to self-publish ebooks. Today, they are the world’s largest distributor of indie ebooks. They have published and distributed more than half a million ebooks. 

Announcement

Today is your last chance to enter to win the Christian Writers Institute’s Super Bundle Giveaway.

Links:

The Course of the Week: The SMART Self-Publishing Bundle

This course bundle includes:

  • How to Get Published (1 hour)
  • The SMART Indie: Publishing Basics (1> hour)
  • The SMART Indie: Find your readers (1 hour)
  • The SMART Indie: Newsletter Marketing (<1 hour) The SMART Indie: Copywriting (2 hours) The SMART Indie: Technical How-to’s (1> hour)
  • The SMART Indie: Subsidiary Rights (1 hour)

… a total of 8+ hours of instruction on being a successful indie author

Use coupon code “podcast” to save 10%, or click the link in the show notes to activate the coupon code automatically. 

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Fun Fridays – February 21, 2020

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In the 1960s, there were some unusual commercials that would have been widely enjoyed if aired during the current Super Bowl. Enjoy this one from Rice Krispies utilizing a famous opera. You’ll never hear the famous refrain the same way again! See more comments below after you watch the video.   This review was written years later by LA Times writer Diane Haithman in 2005: “at a …

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Don’t Make Your Readers Whack Through Weasel Words

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Since I waxed eloquently about weasel words last week, I just really thought I should share this very astonishing post. Truly it is just so important that authors really strive to write tightly so that the reader doesn’t just close the book because the writer uses, like, too many weasel words. As we survey various techniques to the establishment of accomplished prose, we are obliged to contemplate …

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6 Chances to Meet Me in 2020

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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! The 2020 Christian writers conference season is at the starting line. And this year, it presents writers with six distinct and geographically diverse opportunities to meet me! And pitch to me in person. What could be better? I ask you (and I’m still waiting for an appropriately enthusiastic response. Still waiting). But seriously, folks, there’s so much to …

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What Authors Must Know About Homeschoolers Before Trying to Sell Them Books

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Back in Episode 51 I gave an overview of the Homeschool Market. This episode is the next in that series, where I go into some of the mistakes authors make when trying to sell to homeschoolers. I also cover how to avoid those mistakes. If you are curious why homeschoolers are not interested in your book, this episode is a must-listen. Links:  The Read-Aloud Family  Helicopter Parents …

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Is Yours a Book or an Article?

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The title question, “Is yours a book or an article?” comes up on a regular basis with nonfiction authors. Someone has lived an interesting life, survived a horrible disease, lost a precious loved one, suffered terribly (emotionally or physically) and feels led to write their story. But is it a story that can be sustained for an entire book? Or is it one that can be told in a shorter form? Or is it …

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Letting Go of Your Babies

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One of the worst mistakes writers can make is being too possessive of their words. They fight for each adjective, adverb, and conversation tag.

My early writing suffered from too many words. I once wrote an artist didn’t “really” understand the difficulties of making a living in his profession. The editor kindly cut all instances of “really,” “just,” “so,” “very,” and other weak words …

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